A total of 43.29 percent of China’s disabled people aged 15 or above are illiterate, according to the results of the second China National Sample Survey on Disability.* <\/p>\n
This represents a considerable drop from the 59 percent illiteracy rate in recorded in 1987, according to the survey. <\/p>\n
The survey was conducted throughout China by government organizations, with 2,526,145 people in 771,797 households being inverviewed between April 1 and May 31, 2006. <\/p>\n
People classified as disabled comprise 6.34 percent of the PRC’s population, or about 83 million people. More than 75 percent of these live in rural areas. <\/p>\n
* Regular readers of this site know that I have little faith in the accuracy of China’s official statistics, especially concerning the topic of literacy. But I do like to keep track of what the PRC is saying about this. <\/p>\n
source: Most of China’s disabled not financialy [sic] independent: survey<\/a>, Xinhua via People’s Daily<\/em>, May 29, 2007<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A total of 43.29 percent of China’s disabled people aged 15 or above are illiterate, according to the results of the second China National Sample Survey on Disability.* This represents a considerable drop from the 59 percent illiteracy rate in … Continue reading